Use a Western Digital external hard drive? You might want to be careful before you hook it up to your Mac if it's running OX X Mavericks. As MacRumors reports, forum threads at Western Digital and on Apple's own Support Communities site have been abuzz with the news that users are losing their data after connecting their WD external drive to a machine running Mavericks.

OS X Mavericks is finally here, so MacLife proudly presents a series of informative how-tos to keep you updated on what has changed and how to use it. Check back often to learn more about the newest Mac operating system from Apple.

Many users have upgraded to Mavericks from Mountain Lion with the best of intentions, but if your workflow revolved around some of the things that changed with Mavericks, then you may be less than excited about the new features. Some of these, including full-screen apps, each display getting its own Space, and the Dock and menu bar available on multiple displays, can be tweaked back to the way they behaved in Mountain Lion. We'll show you how.

Sure, there were new iPads in big and little configuration on display this week, but what really seems to have caught our fancy is Mavericks. That’ll all change of course once we get our hot little hands on these new models, but until we give that a spin for you, here’s what happened on your Mac this week.

OS X Mavericks is finally here, so MacLife proudly presents a series of informative how-tos to keep you updated on what has changed and how to use it. Check back often to learn more about the newest Mac operating system from Apple.

One of the main features of OS X Mavericks is the long-awaited tagging abilities built right into the operating system. Tags are available in all system-owned Save panels, in the iCloud file browser, and of course in Finder as well. From viewing, to searching, to sorting, tags make all of these tasks easier. Continue reading, and we’ll show you how to define tag meaning, tag items, and view those tagged files with ease in Mavericks.

OS X Mavericks is finally here, so MacLife proudly presents a series of informative how-tos to keep you updated on what has changed and how to use it. Check back often to learn more about the newest Mac operating system from Apple.

One of the most touted features of Mavericks is the ability to use the Maps application throughout the OS to do things like add maps to Calendars, get directions, and even search for local points of interest. But some of the things Apple didn't go into detail on were the ability to view your maps with flyover data, view localized weather information in the calendar, print directions, and also send maps and directions to your iOS devices for viewing (or navigating) later. Continue reading, and we’ll show you how to do these things and much more.

Apple's been playing up the power-saving capabilities of Mac OS X Mavericks ever since it was announced, but until now we haven't had any real idea of what that might mean. Was it a few minutes? Maybe as much as an hour? On the contrary, John Siracusa of Ars Technica reports (via MacRumors) that a 13.3-inch MacBook Air can attain as much as 15 hours of battery life with Mavericks.

Mavericks is nearly upon us — the developer version was updated to the telltale Golden Master late last week — and soon we'll all be able to download the first non-feline release of OS X. But if you're looking for an iOS 7-style redesign, Mavericks might be a bit of a letdown. While there are some fantastic features — Finder tabs, Power Nap, and iCloud Keychain are worth the price of admission alone — Mavericks doesn't really push OS X in any new directions. But there are definitely changes in store, and it might come sooner than you think.

As you've probably guessed from the flood of rumors over the last few weeks, this is the iPhone's hour. But if you're more interested in the upcoming launch of Apple's new iteration of OS X, Mavericks, it looks as though you won't have to wait that much longer. According to a report from 9to5 Mac, Apple currently plans to unleash the new OS sometime in October.

Every Monday, we'll show you how to do something new and simple with Apple's built-in command line application. You don't need any fancy software, or a knowledge of coding to do any of these. All you need is a keyboard to type 'em out!

Adding users through the GUI in OS X is an easy process, but sometimes, you may just need to quickly create an SSH user, or a user that is allowed to SFTP or FTP into the system. You can easily create a stripped-down account in OS X using the dscl command, and we’ll show you how in this week’s Terminal 101. Continue reading to learn all about creating new users through the Terminal.

It's difficult to describe the premise of Papers, Please without making it seem crushingly dull; in some ways, it is. Manning a tiny office, your job is to slowly process a huge line of travelers at the newly opened border of a fictional Eastern Bloc country, checking their papers for discrepancies and rejecting or accepting them depending on whether everything's in order. You're paid by the number of visitors you admit during the few minutes you're open, but make too many mistakes (or "mistakes," whether they're to help someone unfortunate or earn yourself a few easy credits), and you'll be fined — which, given your hand-to-mouth existence, could spell the difference between life and death for your family at home.